Sweet Heat
Burnside Brewing Co. in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.14
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Burnside Sweet Heat is a wheat ale with an addition of 200 pounds of Apricot puree, then dry hopped with imported Jamaican Scotch Bonnet peppers. Reminiscent of a Caribbean chutney, Sweet Heat has a subtle tartness from the fruit with a slight spiciness from the peppers which also adds a fruitiness to the aroma.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a murky yellow with very light head. Aromas of wheat, hay, and light apricot with a slight peppery note. Flavors of lemony marmalade and hot peppers. Definite pepper heat. Interesting - good analogy to a hot chutney.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2013
at 22:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz Bottle. Pours out a hazy gold topped with a white head. Aroma was apricot, peppers, and some wheat. WOW I was not expecting such a burn, I was thinking a little pepper and some fruit it really took me of gaurd. It was not to bad pretty fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2013
at 19:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rating from 6/10/13. Bomber with a sexy label. Pours hazy cantaloupe with a medium white soapy head with excellent retention. Aroma is nice and peppery--apricots do come through as it warms up. Taste starts out lightly sweet before intense heat comes in and obliterates everything. Leaves the lips burning and sweat droplets form on the face. Tartness from the apricots comes out after it warms up. Mouthfeel is a little foamy, maybe a tad thin, feels gritty, not to the detriment of my overall impression. The label downplayed the heat in this. "Slight spiciness," my ass! I love spicy beers, though, and this is the shit.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2013
at 21:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle on the train from Vauxhall to Windsor into plastic glass (thanks to Dave W and Frank initially) 20/11/12. Murky yellow akin to fresh pineapple juice with a mahooooosive white head that thins but retains well. Nose is plastic, pepper, spice, herbs, chilli notes, light soap. Taste comprises light apricots, then boom - a spicy chilli kick. This then overides and dominates the other flavours. Medium bodied with light spritzy carbonation leading to a spicy finish with a good heat burn going on. Overall - not one for everyday drinking, a little too hot, but interesting enough and one of the better chilli infused beers I’ve sampled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 12:42